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Sep 2, 2008

Google Chrome Raising Its Head

The Google browser has raised its head, and is being called Google Chrome. It is based on Webkit, and aims to be clean and fast. I did not find anything new, most of the new browsers talk about this. [Continue]

Mar 5, 2008

Acid3 Is Ready

We knew Acid3 was already cooking. It is now ready. The test can help the browser developer find bugs quickly and fix them, like the Webkit team has been doing. [Continue]

Mar 4, 2008

IE8 To Default To Standards Mode

A good news from Microsoft for the standards world. There was a rebel from the developers community when IE8 announced that the default mode would not be standards mode, unless it was told to do so through a special tag. Microsoft has paid heed to the developer community and reversed this behavior. [Continue]

Jan 16, 2008

The Other Browser Shortcuts

Jeff Atwood writes about five browser shortcuts everyone should know. I completely agree that shortcuts can be extremely productive. They give you a quick, unobtrusive way of invoking your actions. [Continue]

Jan 13, 2008

Acid3 Already Burning

Oh well, the joy of major browsers complying with Acid2 is going to be shortlived, we already have Acid3! Just kidding. Neither is Acid3 ready, nor does it make any sense right now to run the browsers through it. [Continue]

Jan 11, 2008

Firefox Still Not Popular With Corporates

So Eric Lai reports (via slashdot). The article cites some people suggesting that this is so because Firefox does not woo the corporates into using it. I wonder if that will help. [Continue]

Dec 29, 2007

The Death Of Netscape

Michael Arrington notes that AOL is going to pull the plug on Netscape development. Also, the Netscape team now recommends the Netscapers to continue with Mozilla Firefox. A leader once in browsing, the Netscape browser can be considered to be one of the early disruptions. [Continue]

Dec 24, 2007

Weave - Taking Mozilla Beyond The Browser

Mozilla has announced Weave, which I think is the first true step by Mozilla to go beyond the browser. One important area for exploration is the blending of the desktop and the Web through deeper integration of the browser with online services. We’re now launching a new project within Mozilla Labs to formally explore this integration. [Continue]

Dec 20, 2007

Acid2 And Browsers

Acid2 is a nice way to test the standards compliance of a browser. What is not nice is that most of the popular browsers did not pass it. Surprisingly, this is changing fast. [Continue]

Nov 16, 2007

Why Should Your Web Design Support All

Just the other day I was trying to explain to someone why should a web design support anyone and everyone who wants to visit it. Unfortunately this is one of the things that does not work purely on the rationale. The person has to see the bigger picture, understand the purpose of Web to really appreciate it. [Continue]

Google Chrome Raising Its Head

Acid3 Is Ready

IE8 To Default To Standards Mode

The Other Browser Shortcuts

Acid3 Already Burning

Firefox Still Not Popular With Corporates

The Death Of Netscape

Weave - Taking Mozilla Beyond The Browser

Acid2 And Browsers

Why Should Your Web Design Support All

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